"Well, you sure know how to swim—all of you," Conway commented admiringly. "You must do a lot of it."
"Oh, we are at it a good deal of the time," Frank agreed carelessly. "And the girls—well, they have formed a club for all sorts of outdoor stunts. You see the results."
"Oh, isn't that great!" exclaimed Anita with genuine enthusiasm. "I love all those things, too. I wish I could belong to such a club."
"If you lived anywhere near Deepdale," said Betty warmly, "we should be very glad to have you join us."
Only too soon—for Anita and the Outdoor Girls had taken a great liking to one another—the former declared that it was time she and her big brother must be starting for home. "Dad and mother worry whenever I am out of their sight nowadays—even though Con is with me," she explained.
"Come again soon," Betty called after them.
"Will you have another race?" asked Anita.
"Yes, especially for your entertainment," laughed the Little Captain. "And we won't let Mollie win it either."
"All right, then, I'll come," Anita promised.
"Humph, we'll see about that," said Mollie, referring to Betty's last remark. "History often repeats itself, you know."